Faculty Directory

Angela Kim Harkins

Professor of New Testament

Professor Ordinaria

Selected Courses

  • Introduction to the New Testament
  • Introduction to the Old Testament
  • Synoptic Gospels
  • Gospel of Mark
  • Gospel of Matthew
  • John: Gospel and Letters
  • Letter to the Hebrews
  • Book of Daniel
  • Seminar: Apocalypses: Visions and Otherworldly Journeys
  • Seminar: Prayer and Ritual
  • Seminar: Second Temple Judaism
  • Seminar: Disease, Illness, and Chronic Pain in the Biblical World
  • Summer Intensive: Introduction to Biblical Hebrew

Recent Publications

Books and Edited Volumes

Harkins, Angela Kim.An Embodied Reading of the Shepherd of Hermas: The Book of Visions and its Role in Moral Formation.Studies in Ancient Religion & Culture.Sheffield: Equinox, 2023.

Harkins, Angela Kimand Harry O. Maier (ed.).Experiencing the Shepherd of Hermas.Ekstasis 10. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2022.

Harkins, Angela Kim.Experiencing Presence in the Second Temple Period: Revised and Updated Essays.Contributions to Biblical Exegesis and Theology Series 111. Leuven: Peeters Press, 2022.

Harkins, Angela Kimand Barbara Schmitz (ed.).Selected Studies on Deuterocanonical Prayers. Contributions to Biblical Exegesis and Theology Series 103. Leuven: Peeters Press, 2021.

Harkins, Angela Kimand Mladen Popović (ed.).Religious Experience and the Dead SeaScrolls. Dead Sea Discoveries 22.3 (2015).

Harkins, Angela Kim, Kelley Coblentz Bautch, and John Endres, S.J. (ed.).The Watchers in Jewish and Christian Traditions. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2014.

Harkins, Angela Kim, Kelley Coblentz Bautch, and John Endres, S.J. (ed.).The Fallen Angels Traditions: Second Temple Developments and Reception History. CBQMS 53. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic Biblical Association, 2014.

Coblentz Bautch, Kelley,Angela Kim Harkins,and Daniel Machiela (ed.).A Teacher for All Generations: Essays in Honor of James C. VanderKam. Vol. 2. General Ed, Eric F. Mason. Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 153.2. Leiden: Brill, 2012.

Harkins, Angela Kim.Reading with an ‘I’ to the Heavens: Looking at the Qumran Hodayot through the Lens of Visionary Traditions. Ekstasis: Religious Experience from Antiquity to the Medieval Period 3; Berlin: De Gruyter, 2012. Paperback edition was published by de Gruyter in 2018.

Recent Journal Articles and Scholarly Essays

Harkins, Angela Kim. "Prayer, the Divine, and the Human Self at Qumran." Pages 177-198 inThe Dead Sea Scrolls: New Insights on Ancient Texts.Edited by Alex P. Jassen and Lawrence H. Schiffman. The New Antiquity Series. Palgrave Macmillan, 2024.

Harkins, Angela Kim, "Retelling Foundational Events in Psalm 106: Experiencing and Remembering the Past.” Pages 83-104 inThe Power of Psalms in Post-Biblical Judaism. Edited by Claudia Bergmann, Tessa Rajak, Benedikt Kranemann, and Rebecca Ullrich. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2023.

Harkins, Angela Kim.“Immersing Oneself in the Narrative World of Second Temple Apocalyptic Visions.” Pages 297-328 inReimagining Apocalypticism: Apocalypses, Apocalyptic Literature, and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Edited by Lorenzo DiTommaso and Matthew Goff.SBLEJL57, 2023.

Harkins, Angela Kim. “Changes in the Study of Religion, Theology, and Thought in the Second Temple Period and NewDirections: Studies of the Teacher of Righteousness.” Pages 149-62 inJewish Studies on Premodern Periods: A Handbook. Volume 1. Edited by Carl S. Ehrlich and Sara R. Horowitz. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2023.

Selected Appointments, Awards, and Grants

  • 2022: Executive Editor of Journal of Ancient Judaism, Brill.
  • 2021: President, New England/Eastern Canada Region of the Society of Biblical Literature
  • 2020: Elected to membership in the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas (SNTS)
  • 2014: Marie Curie International Incoming Fellow, European Commission, €309,235
  • 2011: Fairfield University College of Arts and Sciences, Distinguished Teaching Award
  • 2010: Wabash Center for Teaching in Religion and Theology, pre-tenured fellow
  • 2001: Excellence in Teaching Award. Kaneb Center. University of Notre Dame
  • 1997: Fulbright Student Award for research at Hebrew University, Jerusalem
  • 1994: Theology Department Undergraduate Award, Loyola University Chicago
  • 1993: Alpha Sigma Nu. National Jesuit Universities Honor Society

Professional Activities

  • Chair of the Prayer in Antiquity Program Unit of the Society of Biblical Literature
  • Chair of the Qumran and Dead Sea Scrolls Program Unit of the International Society of Biblical Literature
  • Board member of Collegium

Editorial Positions

  • Journal of Ancient Judaism. Executive Editor, Brill (2022-ongoing)
  • Journal for the Study of the New Testament. Editorial board member, Sheffield Press (2016 ongoing)
  • Journal of Theological Studies. Editorial board member, Oxford University Press (2021-ongoing)
  • Editorial Board/Consulting Board Member, CBA new series on biblical studies, Paulist Press 2014-ongoing
  • Ekstasis Series: Religious Experience from Antiquity to the Medieval Period. Berlin: de Gruyter (2015-2020)